Sonamura/Kailashahar (Tripura), 8th Feb (IANS): The BJP government was the first, after Independence, to take forceful multi-pronged steps to develop northeast India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday.

Agartala, 8th Feb (IANS): Amid the high-pitch electioneering for the February 18 assembly elections, Tripura Police arrested a tribal man with three sophisticated revolvers and a large quantity of ammunition, police said here on Thursday.

Sonamura (Tripura), 8th Feb (IANS): Saying his government was working to develop northeast India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that Tripura remained backward due to 25 years of Left "misrule".

Agartala, 7th Feb (IANS): The BJP governments both at the Centre and in the states are doing only publicity to deceive people, former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said here on Wednesday, adding that the BJP has failed to keep any of its promises.

Agartala, 6th Feb (IANS): With assembly polls in Left-ruled Tripura less than two weeks away, the high-pitch campaigning is set to gain further momentum as top leaders are scheduled to come to canvass for their parties.